The 28-year-old is not known for his work rate or contribution in his sides’ half of the pitch, but did well to disrupt an opposition attack by rushing back to stamp out the danger.

Ozil was one of the players most roundly criticised after Arsenal’s 4-0 defeat to Liverpool last week, and has often taken the flak for failing to show the kind of graft expected from players at the top level.

Mesut Ozil doing some rare tracking back (Picture: Getty)

Still, it’s clear the former Real Madrid man has it in him, so many fans are now questioning why he can’t do this in an Arsenal shirt, with most of them almost universally pointing the finger at Arsene Wenger for failing to get the best out of him…